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Article: TIME FOR VOTERS TO RELEASE SENATOR BRUNO FROM DUTY.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 2, 1996
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Byline: RAY ANDREWS ALBANY andrewsr@crisny.org
According to State Comptroller H. Carl McCall, New York's voters have to take some of the blame for the dysfunctional New York state budget process.
He points out that voters do not hold their representatives accountable on Election Day for their inaction. One reason for this may be the voters' impression that local legislators have very little influence over the budget process.
We have come to believe, correctly or not, that three people control the process: the governor and the majority leaders of the Senate and Assembly. The last two are only accountable to their local constituents, not the ...